[Hypertension in Borrelia infections].
A patient with severe hypertension caused by Borrelia burgdorferi-encephalitis is reported. The patient recovered from all symptoms following treatment with high dose cefuroxime. The diagnosis was not established until lumbar puncture was performed.
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Hvidovre Hospital, København, kardiologisk afdeling og infektionsmedicinsk afdeling.
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D000328:Adult; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male
D002444:Cefuroxime
Hypertension ved borreliose.